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BoomerD · 02-27-2004, 07:32 AM

Sarah, do keep an eye on that cute little fish known as the clown sweetlips. From Bob Fenner's WetWebMedia:

"Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepede 1801, the Clown or Harlequin Sweetlips. Western Pacific. To twenty nine inches. One of the most commonly used species of the family... but rarely lives more than a few days in captivity. Images of a juvenile (about three inches) in Fiji, a four inch or so individual in Mabul, Malaysia and a foot long adult in Fiji."
Here's the adult pic:

IF it survives, as it grows, it will eat other fish small enough to fit into it's mouth.

Here's a link to some of the F A Qs on the sweetlips:
WWM/FAQs /Sweetlips

02-27-2004, 07:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,633 View Gallery Karma Komment	Sarah, do keep an eye on that cute little fish known as the clown sweetlips. From Bob Fenner's WetWebMedia: "Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepede 1801, the Clown or Harlequin Sweetlips. Western Pacific. To twenty nine inches. One of the most commonly used species of the family... but rarely lives more than a few days in captivity. Images of a juvenile (about three inches) in Fiji, a four inch or so individual in Mabul, Malaysia and a foot long adult in Fiji." Here's the adult pic: IF it survives, as it grows, it will eat other fish small enough to fit into it's mouth. Here's a link to some of the F A Qs on the sweetlips: WWM/FAQs /Sweetlips Last edited by BoomerD : 02-27-2004 at 07:38 AM.